Comparison Analysis of Professional Journals
The journals that I decided to review are the Journal of Information Science and The Library Quarterly.
The Journal of Information Science (JIS) is an international peer-reviewed journal that covers any topics pertaining to information science and knowledge management. The main audience for the journal is library and information science professionals dedicated to researching and working in the field. According to Ulrich’s the intended audience is “academic” and “special adult.”
The journal is published six times a year and its content is considered academic or scholarly in nature. They cover a wide range of LIS topics including, health information, linguistics approaches for using “Spanish Twitter,” annotation detection in PDF documents, and using clustering for text classification. Currently, the journal is requesting papers on Recent Advances on Big Social Data and Searching as Learning. The journal is also a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Besides being a peer-reviewed journal, I was most impressed that the journal is affiliated with COPE. According to COPE’s website, on the subject of promoting integrity in research publication:
“COPE is a forum for editors and publishers of peer-reviewed journals to discuss all aspects of publication ethics. It also advises editors on how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct.”
The Library Quarterly is a quarterly released international journal. The journal focuses on research that focuses on how libraries connect communities to information. This journal is also considered “academic” and special adult.” The journal states its commitment to original research, combining theory and practice and research based on evidence and data- instead of opinion.
This journal is published quarterly and is dedicated to: “the publication of scholarship, reports of research, evaluative essays, and thoughtful reviews of resources from library and information science and other fields” (”The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy”). The journal articles cover topics including diversity in LIS, using library programs to connect with teens and improving print disabilities at public libraries. This journal is different from my personal interests, as I have a preference to Information Management topics. However, after reviewing several issues, the journal covers other subjects including education, psychology, and sociology. Although I am not interested in becoming a librarian, this journal appeals to my interests in equity, inclusion, and human rights.
I find that both the Journal of Information Science and Library Quarterly have all similar characteristics of a scholarly journal. They both have serious appearances and the articles are intended for students, researchers or professors/professionals. The articles follow the same format: abstract, literature review, methodology, results, conclusion, and footnotes, and/or bibliography. Some articles include graphs or tables to support research.
References
“COPE: Publication integrity in research publication” Retrieved from http://publicationethics.org/
“Journal of Information Science” Retrieved from http://jis.sagepub.com/
“The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy” Retrieved from http://press.uchicago.edu.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/ucp/journals/journal/lq.html